Ventilating window for automobiles



May 17, 1932. o. M. EDWARDS VENTILATING wmnow FOR AUTOMOBILES Original Filed July 28. 1927 2 Sheets-Sh et 1 I N VEN TOR.

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VENTILATING WINDOW FOR AUTOMOBILES Original Filed July 28. 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 1 VENTOR.

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iPatented May 17, 1932 i UNITED STATES PATENT parlor:

OLIVER M. EDWARDS, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE 0. M. EDWARDS COMPANY, INC SYRAGU SE, N YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK VENTI LATING WINDOW FOR AUTOMOBILES Animation filed July as. 1927, Swill mmwul August 1981' This invention relates to window construction for automobiles and has for its ob ect a particularly sim 1e and efficient arrangement of one or more 0 the side windows and preferably, the rear side windows of an automobile body, wherebythe air is withdrawn from the automobile body, that is, whereby the automobile body is ventilated particularly when thewindshield cowl ventilator or another window is open without creating an appreciable draft in the rear of the vehicle and particularly the draft which heretofore has deflected from the top, rear wall and window of the body against the heads and backs of the occupants of the rear seat.

The invention consists in and in the combinations and constructions hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In describing thisinvention, reference is had to the accompanying drawings in which like characters designate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a fragmentary side elevation of an automobile body provided with one embodiment of my invention. I I

Figure 2 is a rear elevation ofparts seen in Figure 1'.

Figure 3 is a transverse horizontal sectional view taken on line 3 3,'Figure' 1.

Figure 4 is an enlarged fragmentary rear elevation, partly broken away of parts seen in Figure 3.

Figure 5 is. a. sectional view taken on line 55, Figure 4 of the operating means and contiguous parts.

Figure 6 is an enlarged fragmentary View of a portion of Figure 3.

This invention comprises generally, a sash pivoted atits' front end on a. vertical axis in the window opening of the automobile body, whereby its rear end movable laterally outwardly and inwardly and means including the novel features;

not removed and left to strliction for ventilating the body more or when the sash is closed.

'1 designates the automobile body having a window opening 2 therein, this window construction being shown-as applied to each rear side window, that is, the window at each end of the rear seat of the vehicle.

The window construction is composed of a frame 3 whichis set as a unit in the window opening of the automobile bodyand upper and lower weather plates 4, 5 secured to the frame 3 and extending. laterally outwardly therefrom.

portion 7 fitting the sash and also This frame 3 is preferably 7 formed up of sheet metal to form an inner stop 6 and a a flange 8 forlapping the outer face of the wall around the window opening. The up per and lower and front upright frame members are of the same general form and fit the U framing of the body as, shown at hand end of Figure 3 and the rear member 9 of the window frame is shown as so applied to the body as to form an internal chamber 11 as illustrated at the left hand end of Figure 3 and this upright window frame member 9 is provided with slots 12 through thewall on the inner side thereof and the outer side thereof,

the right also with slots- 13 on M and the meta. struck up to form the slots13 is merely displaced and form scoops 14 directed toward the front of the vehicle so as to deflect air through the slots 13 and into the interior 11 of the frame member 9 and when desired through slots 12 into the automobile.

' The slots 12"may be opened and closed by a suitable closure or slide 15 having slots 16 arranged to come into and out of register with the slots 12 and provided with a scoop 15 similar to the scoops 14, the slide 15 being movable vertically and having a-handle por-' tion 17. The slide is held in position in any suitable manner. .The weather plate 5 laps body of the the. sill portion 7 of the lower frame member and is secured thereto in any suitable manner:

erably by a piano hinge sash lSbeing-piVoted prefglass pane 19, the

at its front end to the upright frame portion 9'and movable lat-' an operating memberlocated on the interior of the automobile body and normally arranged in a position flatwise relatively to the sash and movable into an extended position I when the sash is open so that it does not project-into the car body either when the window is closed or opened.

The operating means as here shown in- I cludes a lever or link 22 pivoted at 23 to the rear stile of the sash 18 and also having a pivotal or a fulcrum connection at a point 24 independently of the sash, the lever being normallylocated so'that it lies 'flatwise along the window frame v and on the window stop portion ofthe rear upright member of the window frame. The lever 22 is formed with a lengthwise slot 25 in which the pin,24 extends and the slot is formed with a cam portion 26 extending about the center of the pivot 23 but slightly eccentiic thereto so as to have a camming action to slightly move the sash away from the frame during the initial opening movement of the sash and to tighten it against the frame during the final movement of the operating member or lever 22 to its position shown in Figure 4. The pivot points 23, 24 are located in substantially a horizontal line and the pivot 23 out of line with the slot 25 so that the lever 22 is an angle lever or a lever having a short angular arm at its pivoted en In operation, the operator first takes hold of the handle 26 at the lower end of he lever ,or link 22 and swings the lever upwardly and inwardly about the pivot 23, and this movement, due to the cam formation of the slot, slightly moves the sash outwardly or breaks it away from the frame. When the lever has been moved to horizontal position, it is moved in such position that the fulcrum pin'24 is out of the cam portion of the slot and in line with the lengthwise portion so that by pus ing the lever endwise outwardly, the sash will be swung to its open position. When it is moved to its open position, it may be held in such position by tightening a wing nut 27 threading on the fulcrum pin 24. To close the window, the reverse of this operation takes place and during the movement of the lever 22 to its initial position, the sash is moved tightly into closed position against the frame or the weather strip 28 and locked V therein without necessarily tightening the wing nut, A i

By my window, the interior of the automobile can be ventilated when the vehicle is in motion without creating a draft as due to the end of the a with upper an outward and rearward incline of the window' when open 7 a suction is created .at the rear iado'w which draws the air out of the interior of'the vehicle body but the draftis not felt by theoccupant. When the window is closed, ventilation can be had by mov-' ing the slide 15 to open the slots 12 so that air is deflected through the slots 12 and 13 by the scoop 14, s

, What I claim is:

1. The combina tion with an automobile body having av window opening in the side thereof, of a window construction comprising a frame ai'ranged tosbe set into said opening and formed with upper and lower later ally extending weather plates, a sash pivotally connected on an upright axis at its front end to the frame and movable laterally inwardly and outwardly between the weather" plates and means for operating the sash.

2. The combination with an automobile body having a window opening in the side thereof, of a window construction comprising a frame arranged to be set into saidopening and formed with upper and lower'laterally extending weather plates, a sash piv "'otally connected on an upright axis at its front end to the frame and movable laterally inwardly and outwardly between the weather plates and means for operating the'sash, said means being carried by the frame and ineluding an operating member located on-the. inner side of the'frame and self-contained, therewith. f

3. The combination with an automobile body having an opening in one side thereof, awindow construction comprising a frame ar ranged to be set into said opening and formed lower laterally extending weather plates, a sash pivotally connected on 1 5 an upright axis at'its front end to the frame and movable laterally inwardly and outwardly between the weather plates and means for operating the sash including a link pivoted near one end to the sash and having a length- 11.) wise slot, a pin on the frame extending into the slot.

4. The combination with an automobile body having an opening in one side thereof,

a window construction comprising a frame arranged to be set into said opening and formed with upper and lower laterally extending weather plates, a sash pivotally'connected on an upright axis at its front end to the frame and movable laterally inwardly and outwardly between the weather plates thereof, a sash ivoted at its front end in said opening where y its rear end swings outwardly and inwardly, ventilating openings.

in front of the pivot of the sash, and deflectors for directing the air coming through iaid openings toward the interior of the veiole.

6. The combination with an automobile body having a window opening in one side thereof, a sash pivoted at its front end in said opening whereby its rear end swings outwardly and inwardly, ventilating openings in front of the pivot of the sash, deflectors for directingthe air coming through said openings toward the interior of the vehicle, scoops on the outside of the vehicle for directing air through the openings and means for opening and closing the openings.

7. The combination of an automobile body having a window opening in one side thereof, of a unitary window construction comprising a frame in said opening, a sash pivoted at its front end in said frame on a. vertical axis, whereby its rear end is movable laterally, the front upright member of the frame bein formed with ventilator openings along the out pivoted edge of the sash.

8. The combinationof an automobile body having a window opening in one side thereof, of a unitary window construction comprising a frame in said opening, a sash pivoted at its front end in said frame on a vertical axis, whereby its rear end is movable laterally, upper and lower weather plates arranged to close the space between the upper and lower edges of the sash and the body and the frame when the sash is swung open, the front upright member of the frame being formed. with ventilator openings along the front pivoted edge of the sash.

9. The combination of an automobile bod having a window opening in one side thereo of a window construction comprising, a frame in said opening, a sash pivoted at its front end in said frame on a vertical axis, whereby its rear end is movable laterally, upper and lower weather plates arran ed to close the spacebtween the upper and Lower edges of the sash and the body and the frame when the sash is swung open, the front upright member of the frame bein formed with ventilator openings along the front ivoted edge of the sash, and means for di using the air entering through'said openings.

10. The combination with an automobile body having a window opening in the side thereof, of a window construction in said opening including a sash pivoted at its front end on an upright axis, whereby its rear end is movable laterally outwardly, and upper and lower laterally extending weather plates to close the space between the upper and lower edges of the sash and the body, ventilator o enings rovided along the front pivoted e ge of t e sash near the same, and,

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